Following their first season ending in September,
BET has announced that “106
& Park” will again partner with SMACK
and the Ultimate
Rap League for a second season of their collaborative ‘Ultimate
Freestyle Friday’ segment. The second season of 'UFF' will premiere on
March 28 at 6:00 PM EST on the BET network and will again be co-hosted
by SMACK DVD founder Troy
“Smack” Mitchell.
The network television battle rap segment will match up
last season’s winner, rapper Ill Will, against the second season’s
victor in a 106 Backroom finale for a $5,000 grand prize. The
competition is scheduled to take place over seven weeks and will include
eight emcees.
‘Ultimate Freestyle Friday’ will maintain its celebrity
judge format with Season 2 slated to include Mobb
Deep, Kid
Capri, The
L.O.X., Papoose,
Saigon,
Smif-N-Wessun,
and more as judges. UFF co-host Smack talked to BET about the upcoming season in a
recent interview. "I'm really excited about doing a second season of
Ultimate Freestyle Friday with ‘106 & PARK’,” he said. “Making the transition from DVDs to online
and now to network television speaks volumes on the evolution on rap
culture. I've been documenting hip-hop culture for years and the SMACK /
Ultimate Rap League brand is the leading force responsible for bringing
MC Battle culture to masses.”
“106 & Park” is a video countdown show that has aired
on the BET network since September of 2000. Beginning in October of
2013, Keshia Chanté joined rapper Bow
Wow as co-host of the series.
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